I have heard Gears of War 2 Is just like the first If that helps at all. Not a bad point really as the first Gears of War was brilliant, but nothing ground breakingly different has been added to the second one - i'll still be getting it at some point though!

I too am getting the 360, with the above games from Santa - although been told to get gears 1 before you play 2.
Fallout3 is far superior on PC if your machine can handle it unfortunatly im stuck witht eh 360 version

COD... I finished it and although it was somewhat shorter than i expected I can't see it getting boring for a long long time. Terrific graphics, gameplay and even a great soundtrack. I hooked up the ps3 to surround sound so it sounded like the japs were to my left, my right and even behind.

I especially liked the introduction of mortars to this game... Prime it and throw, brilliant! Gears is great, Fallout is ok but I got bored so traded it, one has to have a high level of patience for that game...